[PD] Finding "$0" and dealing with it in messages

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Here's my summary of the proposals mentioned here:
> 
> I agree that $0 is totally arbitrary and is not inherintly bound to
> object boxes. I think this strongest proposed fix is to introduce $$
> which works in both object and message boxes, its a nice parallel to
> Bourne Shell syntax.  On that note, I think this should also come with
> Bourne Shell's $# for count of argument and $@ for a list of all
> arguments.  I think $$, $#, and $@ should work in both message and
> object boxes. So:
> 
> messages:
> - $$ provides unique ID number
> - $# provides argument count from incoming message
> - $@ provides the list of arguments from incoming message
> 
> objects:
> - $$ provides unique ID number
> - $# provides argument count from incoming message
> - $@ provides the list of arguments from incoming message
> 
> Now, all we need is someone to code  it :) I am certainly willing to try

i thought i had committed such a patch about 3 years ago to the sf patch
tracker.


mfasr
IOhannes
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